I grew up as speaking English, which is a tremendous advantage compared to those who learn it later in life. I learned Spanish, and mangled German, but I have consistently heard that English is one of, if not the, hardest to learn as a second language because the only steady rule is that there are no steady rules. Letters that are vowels and consonants, different pronunciations for the same letter groupings, spelling inconsistencies... it's no wonder that it can be a real pain in the keister to learn as an adult.
On the other hand, this leads to the ability to be very precise, and yet very vague, within the same sentence, paragraph, or essay. There are those who don't care about that, but while I am not a language snob, I don't know how many other languages lend themselves so readily to colorful wordplay, and wonderful descriptions.
So, what brings this all about? I'm going to guess that there isn't any other language that could have anything like the following sentence, one that uses a single repeated word, no punctuation, and no verbs/adverbs, and still make sense, grammatically and linguistically:
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."
I may be going crazy waiting for the football season to start... lol
On the other hand, this leads to the ability to be very precise, and yet very vague, within the same sentence, paragraph, or essay. There are those who don't care about that, but while I am not a language snob, I don't know how many other languages lend themselves so readily to colorful wordplay, and wonderful descriptions.
So, what brings this all about? I'm going to guess that there isn't any other language that could have anything like the following sentence, one that uses a single repeated word, no punctuation, and no verbs/adverbs, and still make sense, grammatically and linguistically:
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."
I may be going crazy waiting for the football season to start... lol